When Office products are downloaded from the Volume License Service Center they come down as .ISO files. .ISO is not a file format that Windows can open natively. An ISO file is an image of a CD/DVD. Typically you would be able to use a burning...

When launching Office 2010 applications, a message appears indicating that Office is not activated. Attempts to activate Office may result in the following error: " Error 0xC004F074: The Software Licensing Service reported that the computer could...

  KMS host key = This key is obtained from the VLSC. This is the key that you would use during the install of the KMS host when setting up a Office 2010 KMS server KMS Client Key = This is a generic key that is hardcoded into all of the Office 2010...

Step 1 . Identify one computer to be your KMS host. The host computer must be running one of the following operating systems: Windows 7 (Volume License) Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) *Windows 2008 is not supported *Windows...

How to install Office 2010 media from MSDN/Technet on a terminal server and enable the missing features: How to obtain an MSDN Office 2010 key that will allow installation on a terminal server. 1. If you are an MSDN Subscriber, visit your MSDN Subscriptions...

While attempting to activate your Office 2010 clients in your environment you find that some of your machines fail to activate against KMS with the following ERROR CODE: 0x80070005. If you run OSPP.VBS to attempt activation and you may receive an error...

  This blog will cover techniques on how to identify and resolve Office installation failures. The techniques described can be applied to the installation of Office 2003-2010, and Office patches. ENABLE VERBOSE LOGGING The first thing to do when...

While attempting to activate your Office 2010 in your environment you find that the machine fails to activate with the following error: These errors can indicate a permissions issue in the registry and/or other operating system issues. If...

  Sometimes it is required to activate the Office 2010 KMS host in a disconnected environment. Here are the steps required to activate Office 2010 KMS via the phone. *NOTE*  If you don’t already have Office 2010 KMS installed please install...

Overview: The KMS activation process for Microsoft Office 2013 is the same as what it was for Microsoft Office 2010. However, the interface to setup the KMS host for Microsoft Office 2013 on a Windows Server 2012 has been updated to use the Volume...

Issue: 0xC004F038 The software Licensing Service reported that the computer could not be activated. The count reported by your Key Management Service (KMS) is insufficient. Please contact your system administrator. Possible Causes: This issue occurs...

During activation of Office 2010 product you may experience the following error: If you receive this error it may be caused by missing the following reg key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1...

  There are a few upgrade options available when planning to move to Office 2010 from a previous version. Microsoft has a technet article that touches on these various options here: Plan an upgrade to Office 2010 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us...

Use the following steps to see detailed information about what type of activation your Office 2010 installation us using and what the status of your activation is. Open an administrative level command prompt. Navigate to the Office14 folder: 32bit Office...

  By default when you install a volume license version of Office 2010 it will not ask for a product key. All Office 2010 client VL builds are pre-PID’ed with a single global product key. When you install Office 2010 VL without a product key it automatically...

If you are looking to deploy these settings in the OCT, here is how to accomplish that. Attached is a .zip file with a sample Blank.potx (For PPT), Normal.dotm (For Word), and a reg file with the settings for Outlook, Excel, and Access.  These sample...

The 32 and 64-bit versions of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Office 2010 are now available! Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2460049) 32-bit Edition http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26622 Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office...

When troubleshooting KMS configuration and activation issues, our customers are often surprised to find unexpected Windows or Office KMS hosts in their environment. By default, Windows and Office clients discover KMS hosts via DNS and a related _vlmcs...

7/19/2011 UPDATE: This issue has been addressed in the Service Pack 1 (SP1) version of the Office Customization Tool (OCT). To prevent multiple Exchange accounts from being created in one profile when you upgrade users to Outlook 2010, you must...

SP2 for Office 2007 is the first service pack for Office client that can be uninstalled. We have a great technical reference available on the Office 2007 Resource Kit (ORK) website that covers SP2 uninstall in detail here: http://technet.microsoft.com...

  Sometimes you cannot uninstall the existing 2003, 2007 or 2010 Microsoft Office suite on your computer by using the Add or Remove Programs feature in Control Panel of Windows XP or the Programs and Features feature in Control Panel of Windows Vista...

  This error can occur when attempting to upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010 and you are installing Office 2010 from the MSOCache. To reproduce this behavior:  Install Office 2007. Then use the following procedure to deploy the local installation...

If you are deploying volume editions of Office 2010 using KMS or MAK activation, the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0 can be used to manage activation for these products. In this video I walk you through using VAMT 2.0 to activate Office 2010...

-Office 2007 customized deployment walkthrough- In this walkthrough we will create a custom Office 2007 source. We will customize our Office 2007 installation via the config.xml and the Office Customization wizard. Become familiar with the following acronyms...

Issue: Unable to activate over the internet. "Product has been activated too many times" Attempting to activate over the phone then also fails with "Installation ID is invalid" Resolution: -Step 1 Goto start, and then search or run...